Caecilia abitaguae Dunn, 1942

Camper, Jeffrey D., Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Ron, Santiago R., Nilsson, Jonas, Arteaga, Alejandro, Knowles, Travis W. & Arbogast, Brian S., 2021, Amphibians and reptiles of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Napo Province, Ecuador, Check List 17 (3), pp. 729-751 : 731-733

Caecilia abitaguae Dunn, 1942

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Material examined. ECUADOR • 1 adult, 1,565 mm; Napo Province, WWS; 00.6766°S, 077.6026°W; 29 July 2012; QCAZ 57707 • 1 juvenile, 216 mm; Napo Prov- ince, WWS, Coati Trail ; 15 July 2013; QCAZ 56921 • 1 adult, 592 mm; Napo Province, WWS, Piha Trail, about 100 m down slope from intersection with Mannakin Trail , 00.6867°S, 077.5995°W; 1415 m a.s.l.; 4 July 2013; QCAZ 56884 .

Identification. This large blue to bluish-gray caecilian can be distinguished from congeners by having 139–150

Family,species Voucher number Plethodontidae

Bolitoglossa palmata (Werner,1897) *‡ QCAZ 74819 Rhinatrematidae

Epicriniops petersi (Noble,1927) QCAZ 56870 Caeciliidae

Caecilia abitaguae Dunn,1942 † QCAZ 48724 Bufonidae

Rhinella margaritifera (Laurenti,1768) QCAZ 74799

Rhinella marina (Linnaeus,1758) QCAZ 74800 Centrolenidae

Nymphargus cochranae (Goin,1961) QCAZ 64296

Rulyrana flavopunctata (Lynch & Duellman,1973) QCAZ 56877

Hylidae

Boana almendarizae ( Caminer & Ron,2014) ‡ QCAZ 74805

Boana calcarata (Troschel,1848) QCAZ 53958

Boana lanciformis Cope,1871 QCAZ 53976 Dendropsophus bifurcus (Andersson,1945) § QCAZ 66730 Dendropsophus marmoratus (Laurenti,1768) § QCAZ 10912 Dendropsophus minutus (Peters,1872) complex QCAZ 66737 Dendropsophus parviceps (Boulenger,1882) QCAZ 57714 Dendropsophus sarayacuensis (Shreve,1935) QCAZ 66741 Hyloscirtus phyllognathus (Melin,1941) QCAZ 74807 Osteocephalus taurinus (Steindachner,1862) Photo voucher AH881 Osteocephalus verruciger (Werner,1901) QCAZ 57743

Family,species Voucher number Scinax ruber (Laurenti,1768) QCAZ 56885 Leptodactylidae Adenomera hylaedactyla (Cope,1868) § QCAZ 64290 Leptodactylus leptodactyloides (Andersson,1945) § QCAZ 76426 Leptodactylus wagneri (Peters,1862) QCAZ 57757 Microhylidae Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata (Andersson,1945) Photo voucher AM 077 Strabomantidae Niceforonia elassodisca (Lynch,1973) * QCAZ 48924 Niceforonia nigrovittatus (Andersson,1945) § QCAZ 74809 Pristimantis altamazonicus (Barbour& Dunn,1921) QCAZ 48901 Pristimantis altamnis Elmer & Cannatella,2008 ‡ QCAZ 48942 Pristimantis bicantus Guayasamin & Funk,2009 QCAZ 57304 Pristimantis conspicillatus (Gunther,1858) § QCAZ 74811 Pristimantis cremnobates ( Lynch & Duellman,1980) *‡ QCAZ 74810 Pristimantis incomptus ( Lynch & Duellman,1980) *‡ QCAZ 41106 Pristimantis katoptroides ( Flores,1988) QCAZ 56887 Pristimantis lanthanites (Lynch,1975) QCAZ 48918 Pristimantis prolatus ( Lynch & Duellman,1980) *‡ QCAZ 48896 Pristimantis quaquaversus (Lynch,1974) QCAZ 57314 Pristimantis rubicundus (Jimenez de la Espada,1875) *‡ QCAZ 57302 Pristimantis trachyblepharis (Boulenger,1918) QCAZ 36268 Pristimantis variabilis (Lynch,1968) QCAZ 57736 Pristimantis ventrimarmoratus (Boulenger,1912) QCAZ 48897

* The species is on the IUCN Red List.

† Provincial record.

‡ The species is on the Ecuadorian Red List.

primary annuli and the body length divided by the body width 43.7–59 times ( Taylor 1968; Ron et al. 2019).

Habitat. This fossorial species has been observed above ground in primary and secondary forest, along roads and in pasture. They are active above ground at night and during the day especially after heavy rains.

Remarks. This specimen represents a range extension of about 94 km to the northeast and the first record for Napo Province ( Ron et al. 2019). The specimen QCAZ 57707 represents a new size record for the species, with the pre- vious record being 1302 mm ( Taylor 1968).